Shelly B Figured Out

20/10/2026

So proud to be a part of this amazing organisation

17/10/2026

Thank you Randburg sun for covering our PinkDrive event.

I love being a part of this sisterhood

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South African Council of Business Women hosts an empowering evening of connection and support at Tin Road.

10/10/2026

🌻 You’re Invited to the SACBW Centurion Networking Event with guest speaker Shelly Berger

Join us for a morning of meaningful connections, inspiring conversations, and valuable networking with an incredible community of women in business.


📅 Date: Friday, 15 October 2026

Book Your Seat: https://sacbw.org/product/sacbw-centurion-network-event-15-october/

03/10/2026

Such wonderful ladies

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There’s something special about stepping away from the busy-ness of life and simply connecting over a cup of coffee. 💕 Our members enjoyed meaningful conversations, laughter and the opportunity to strengthen the connections that make our Sisterhood so special.

“Connection is why we’re here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.” — Brené Brown

Thank you to everyone who joined us and made this coffee catch-up one to remember. Here’s to many more conversations, connections and moments together! 🌸☕💗

02/10/2026

Maybe your story won’t look like any of theirs.

Maybe yours is simply knowing that when the next big expense lands, you’ve already thought about it.

Maybe yours is the moment you realise your business can do more than just pay this month’s bills.

Maybe yours is making a decision about your pricing, your money or your business without immediately wondering whether you’re asking for too much.

Maybe there won’t be one big financial milestone at all.

Maybe, the change you notice first is quieter:
Maybe your next shift comes from discovering the one thing you simply hadn’t seen yet.

Your Business Foundations story will be yours.
I can’t tell you exactly what your breakthrough will be.

But what I want for every woman who sits around that table is more understanding of her business, more confidence in her decisions, more control over her money and more breathing room, and eventually, enough space to stop only thinking about what needs to happen next… and start thinking about what could happen next. 💜

Business Foundations starts Tuesday 6 October, and registrations close today, Friday 2 October.

If you want the business side of your business to feel calmer, steadier and like you can finally see where you’re going, I’d love to have you around the table.

Register here:
https://figuredout.co.za/business-foundations-registrations/

01/10/2026

A very warm welcome to Tash, our sixth confirmed participant for Business Foundations Cohort 3. 💜

She’s in the digital marketing business, and I’m genuinely so excited to have her joining us for this next journey.

One of my favourite parts of opening a new cohort is watching the group slowly come together.
Different women, different businesses, different experiences, all choosing to become more intentional about the way they run what they’ve built.

And with Tash officially joining us...
6 seats are now taken, which means only 1 seat remains.

Business Foundations Cohort 3 starts on 6 October 2026 at Syringa Café, Bromhof, Randburg.

If you’ve been considering joining us, you can read more about the programme and register here:
https://figuredout.co.za/business-foundations-registrations/

01/10/2026

There’s something I really want you to know before you decide whether Business Foundations is for you: You do not need to get your business finances “sorted” before you come.
That would rather defeat the point. 😏

The women you’ve met through these stories this week didn’t arrive because they had everything figured out.

They were already running real businesses.
They had clients, customers, staff, responsibilities, experience, plans and ambitions.
Some were already very comfortable with numbers.
Others found the financial side of business much more intimidating.

What they had in common wasn’t how much they knew.
It was that they were willing to look properly at their businesses, ask questions, participate in the conversations and make changes where something wasn’t working.
That’s what I need from you too.

You don’t need to arrive perfectly organised.
You don’t need to be confident with numbers.
You don’t need to know what every financial report means.
And you absolutely do not need to pretend you have it all together.

You don’t need to become an accountant. You just need to participate.
And you won’t be figuring it out alone.

If you’ve built a real business and you’re ready for the money side of it to feel clearer, steadier and more manageable, I’d love to have you around the table.

I shared a little update this morning: registrations have been extended until tomorrow, Friday 2 October.

This is the final Business Foundations cohort for 2026, and we start on Tuesday 6 October.
If you’ve been sitting with the decision, you’ve got a little more time.

Register now and come join us. 💜
https://figuredout.co.za/business-foundations-registrations/
Payment plans are available

30/09/2026

So what actually changed?
Not what they learned in Business Foundations.
How they started showing up differently in their actual businesses.

For Angela, she paid her staff bonuses without having to take a chunk out of cash flow to do it because she became more aware of what she was compromising for things that sounded urgent but were probably belong in the important, not urgent pile

For Tanya, she believed she couldn't afford a new car, even though she new she needed it. Two months later she paid the first installment on her new car, a payment that she believed she couldn't afford.
Not because Business Foundations magically made a car affordable but because she had started looking at her money, her choices and what was possible differently.

For Debbie, you could hear the shift in the conversations she was having.
A client asked for her “best price”...Her answer?...“That is my best price.”
Small conversations, but a very different way of valuing herself and the business she had built.

For Andrea, the shift was quieter, but no less important.
Some of the fear around finance and compliance started to lift. There was more direction. More hope.
And eventually, this: “For the first time in a long time I feel excited about my business and its future again.”

And then there’s Leigh-Ann.
A self-confessed serial budgeter with years of experience reading financial reports and budgets.
But she still discovered a blind spot and her mindset around saving shifted from something that might happen if there was money left to something that formed part of the business strategy.

Five women.
And five completely different versions of progress.
Because Business Foundations isn’t about producing one identical result.
It’s about understanding the financial side of your business well enough to start making better decisions in your business.

The October cohort is the final Business Foundations intake for 2026.
And if you’ve been following along this week thinking, I want some of that for my business, this is your permission slip.

Payment plans are available.

If you want to feel calmer around your business money, more confident in your decisions, more financially steady and like you can finally see where you’re going, this could be your next step.
Register for the October Business Foundations cohort today. 💜 https://figuredout.co.za/business-foundations-registrations/

29/09/2026

What they wanted wasn’t really a better spreadsheet.

Yes, we talked about budgets, pricing, money and the practical side of running a business.
But underneath all of that, there was something else each woman was really reaching for.

Angela wanted to stop living in “who needs what from me next?” mode and start feeling like the business was actually moving forward.

Tanya wanted her dreams to feel like something she could make a plan for not something that depended on crossing her fingers and simply working harder.

Debbie wanted to look at what she had built and believe that it counted. That she counted as a real business owner too.

Andrea wanted direction. She wanted the financial and compliance side of business to feel less frightening, and to feel hopeful about what came next.

And Leigh-Ann came in already comfortable with budgets and financial reports. She wasn’t looking for a magic answer. She was simply open to discovering what she might still not be seeing.

Because the spreadsheet was never really the end goal.
The goal is what stronger financial foundations can make possible:

More clarity.
More confidence.
More stability.
More choice.

And enough breathing room to start looking forward instead of only dealing with what is directly in front of you.

You can be part of the last cohort for 2026: https://figuredout.co.za/business-foundations-registrations/

So forget the sensible answer for a second. 🦄

What do you REALLY want your business to make possible for you?

What’s your unicorn moment, that thing you still catch yourself thinking, “maybe one day…” about?

Tell me in the comments. I genuinely want to know.

28/09/2026

Five women. Five very different businesses.
And none of them walked into Business Foundations from exactly the same place.

Angela owns a coffee shop. Money had a habit of going wherever things felt most urgent, and she wanted to feel like the business was actually moving forward not constantly deciding who needed what next.

Tanya runs a VA business. She was doing all the things and getting by, but some of the bigger things she wanted for her life and business still felt a long way away.

Debbie supplies arts & crafts packs. She had built something real, but she still found herself treating it more like a hobby than a “proper” business.

Andrea was rebuilding her life and a new alternative healing practice. She wanted direction, and for the finance and compliance side of business to feel a whole lot less frightening.

And Leigh-Ann manufactures natural skincare products. She came in as a self-confessed serial budgeter, with years of experience reading financial reports and an open mind about what she might still not be seeing.

Different women.
Different businesses.
Different starting points.

Because needing stronger financial foundations doesn’t mean you’re bad with money or bad at business.

Sometimes you’ve already built something really good.
The money side just hasn’t quite caught up with what you’ve built yet.
That’s a big part of why Business Foundations exists.

You can be part of the last cohort for 2026: https://figuredout.co.za/business-foundations-registrations/

Now I’m curious: what do you do and what part of the financial side of your business feels more frustrating than it should right now?

Tell me in the comments. 👇